Improvement in combined roller and cultivator



dialnet tant JoHN'B. oATEY, oF W-LLIAM-SBURG, INDIANA.

.Laim Paamvo. 97,273, daad Notmbw 3o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED ROLLER AND CULTIVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters-Patent and making part of theBlame.

To all 'whom' 'it 'may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN B. GATEY, ofWilliamsburg, iu thecounty of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have inventedan Improved Combined Roller and Gultvator, of which the following is aspecification.

The rst part of my invention relates `to the combinaton and arrangementof a cultivator and two rollers, one of the latter serving the usualpurposes of a land-roller in reducing inequalities of the surface, whilebothmay be adjusted to regulate the depth penetrated by theteeth orshovels of the cultivator.

The second part of-rny invention relates to a simple method of'adjusting the rollers, and to the combination and general, arrangementof parts as herein set forth.

The object ,of my invention is to provide a more leconomical andeffectual implement for preparing wheat-ground than has heretofore beenused.

.In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective, and

Figure 2 is a section through the line x x.

The frame A is provided with shovels or cultivatorteeth S S, Sto., suchare commonly used in corncultivators.-

D D are blocksy secured to the rails A A, their in ner surfaces beingparallel to the line of draught.

B and O are rollers, the journals of which run in;

notches in the blocks D D. p These notches are filled, above and belowthe journals, with movable blocks, of equal thickness, 1, 2, 3,

that may be placed eitherabove or below the journal,

or both above and below, as maybe required, in order properly to adjustthe roller.

The plate E turns upon a bolt at one end, and the ot'her is providedwith a notch, that engages with a projecting piu. The object of plate-Eis to keep in place the movable blocks 1,2, 3.

M M are draught-rods, that are attached to staples near' `the middle ofthe rails A A, and connect with alnk, O, on the standard P.

By means of. these rods and the movable pin J, changes may be made inthe angle of the draught-line, to keep 4the frame A parallel vwith thesurface of the soil.

Having thus fully described my said invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters-Pat ent, isj Y A 1. Incombination with the frame A, the adjustable bearing-rollersB and C,which serve to Vregulate the depth penetrated by the teeth, and alsoassist in pulverizn'g thesoil, substantially as described.

1 2. In -combination with the above, the draught-rods M M', link O, andstandard P, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the frame A, andl rollers. B and C, theadjusting-blocks 1, 2, 3, and plates E, when constructed and arrangedsubstantially in the manner .and for the purpose set forth.

